The annual U.S. National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is coming up on Jan. 24.

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday was created in 1983, marking the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade, which legalized abortion in 1973.

With evidence that millions of abortions took place in those 10 years, the Christian Action Council Education and Ministries Fund, now known as Care Net, asked former President Ronald Reagan to create a special day to focus on the value of human life.

President Reagan declared an annual national commemoration on the third Sunday in January.  Read more... (440 words, 1 image, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

The Susan B. Anthony List, Feminists for Life and Concerned Women for America are three pro-life national women’s organizations currently supporting the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment, known as Stupak for short, is the bipartisan effort of U.S. Representatives Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Joe Pitts (R-PA) to preclude putting mandatory taxpayer-covered abortion, and mandatory insurance coverage for abortion, in the government’s new Health Care package. The Amendment passed in the House, but is still threatened in the Senate.  Read more... (658 words, 1 image, estimated 2:38 mins reading time)